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Park Maker Life of Frederick Law Olmsted

Park Maker Life of Frederick Law Olmsted

On April 28 1858 municipal officials announced the winner of the design contest for a great new park for the people of New York City-Plan no. 33 Greensward by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux. Though the appropriated ground for what was to become Central Park was nothing more than a barren expanse occupied by squatters in a matter of a few years Olmsted turned the wasteland into a landscape of coherence elegance and beauty. It not only surpassed the design ingenuity of its existing European counterparts but gained the designer national acclaim in a profession that still lacked a name. Olmsted was an American visionary. He foresaw the day when New York and many other growing cities of the mid-nineteenth century would be plagued by what we presently term urban sprawl. And he was convinced of the critical importance of adapting land for the recreational and contemplative needs of city dwellers before the last remnants of natural terrain were engulfed by monotonous straight streets and piles of erect angular buildings. As a result of his early efforts to revolutionize the design of public parks many cities today are able to preserve the recreational space and greenery within their urban limits. In addition his thoughts and words on wilderness areas still echo across a century of preservation in the wild. This lively and insightful account of his prodigious life features many of his outstanding landscape projects including the Biltmore Estate Prospect Park (Brooklyn) the capitol grounds in Washington DC the Boston Park System the Chicago parks and the Chicago World Fair as well as measures to preserve the natural settings at Niagara Falls Yosemite and the Adirondacks. It traces his early years and describes events that were to form his artistic intellectual and deeply humanistic sensibilities. And it restores this lost American hero to his prominent place in history. In addition to being the acknowledged father of American landscape architecture Frederick Law Olmsted helped shape the political and philosophical climate of America in his own time and today. Elizabeth Stevenson is the author of the Bancroft Award-winning Henry Adams: A Biography; The Glass Lark a biography of Lafcadio Hearn; and Babbitts and Bohemians: From the Great War to the Great Depression all available from Transaction. | Park Maker Life of Frederick Law Olmsted

GBP 130.00
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North America's Natural Wonders

North America's Natural Wonders

Although millions of Americans and international travelers take road trips through North America every year most have no understanding of how the landscape came to be. North America’s Natural Wonders provides everything these travelers need to understand the landscape. Written by a career geologist with decades of experience in the field it guides readers through the most iconic geologically significant scenery in North America and explains what they are seeing. Volume I focuses on western North America including the Canadian Rockies the Southwest Great Basin and Tetons-Yellowstone Country. The trips detailed in this volume include stops at the glaciers and mountains of Banff National Park the Grand Canyon numerous parks in Utah and the geysers and hot springs of Yellowstone. It also features lesser known but equally interesting geologic formations and how to access these sites. Volume II focuses on central and eastern North America including the Appalachians of Virginia and West Virginia the Colorado Rockies Austin-Big Bend Country and the Sierra Madre Oriental of Mexico. The trips detailed in this volume include stops at the Blue Ridge in Shenandoah National Park Carlsbad Caverns National Park Big Bend National Park Garden of the Gods and Pikes Peak the Colorado Mineral Belt Aspen and the Maroon Bells giant salt-cored uplifts of the La Popa Basin Mexico and many others. It also features lesser known but equally interesting geologic formations and how to access these sites. This detailed guide will help the curious layman the rock hound the geology student and the professional geologist understand what they are seeing when they look at a roadcut quarry or landscape. A full understanding of natural formations will enhance the traveler’s experience beyond simple sightseeing. | North America's Natural Wonders

GBP 130.00
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The Man Farthest Down

The Man Farthest Down

The Man Farthest Down represents an early contribution to the study of comparative social systems. Its treatment of life in the East European shtetls is as moving as the analysis of ghetto life in America. In his new introduction to this edition Drake illustrates the intellectual camaraderie shared between Park and Washington in their studies of race. Drake also details their individual observations philosophies and activities in both their academic and political lives.

GBP 130.00
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London's Contemporary Architecture An Explorer's Guide

London's Contemporary Architecture An Explorer's Guide

London is a living architectural exhibition. This tried and trusted portable guide will help you to find your way around one of the worlds most exciting cities offering architectural experiences and insights into London‘s finest contemporary architecture. features more than 400 buildings including key venues from the 2012 Olympic Park provides a superb full colour photographic record of the capital aids navigation of the city‘s greatest architectural sights with a clear map-based format considers each district in turn identifying the buildings most worthwhile visiting and providing essential information and insights into each includes a large scale portable lightweight map for use when walking the tours Jam packed with the author‘s intimate architectural experience and knowledge of London‘s buildings the accompanying commentary is both lively and entertaining providing all the information that any architectural explorer will need to appreciate and experience London‘s contemporary architecture. | London's Contemporary Architecture An Explorer's Guide

GBP 175.00
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Rocking The State Rock Music And Politics In Eastern Europe And Russia

Rocking The State Rock Music And Politics In Eastern Europe And Russia

Most readers of this book will have had at most a fleeting acquaintancewith the music of some of the groups described in this book. Groupssuch as Laibach (from Slovenia) Borghesia (Slovenia) Pankow (theGDR) and Gorky Park (USSR) have concentrated on the Western marketand have acquired followings in the United States and Western Europe. Other artists and groups such as Boris Grebenshikov and Aquarium(USSR) Sergei Kuryokhin (USSR) Goran Bregovic and White Button(Yugoslavia) and Plastic People of the Universe (Czechoslovakia) havealso seen some Western exposure. But for the most part the rock musicof that part of the world is terra incognita to Westerners. So too is thestory of their uneasy coexistence with communist authorities from thetime that rock first ~ppeared until the collapse of communism in 1989. This book aims to fill that vacuum. | Rocking The State Rock Music And Politics In Eastern Europe And Russia

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Fundamentals of Manufacturing For Engineers

Fundamentals of Manufacturing For Engineers

This textbook will be welcomed throughout engineering education as the one-stop teaching text for students of manufacturing. It takes the student through the fundamental principles and practices of modern manufacturing processes in a lively and informative fashion. Topics include casting joining cutting metal deformation processes surface treatments and finishes plastics and rubber processing powder metallurgy CNC productivity automation and quality assurance. It includes over 300 illustrations as well as numerous case studies and exercises which relate directly to modern industrial practices. | Fundamentals of Manufacturing For Engineers

GBP 175.00
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Unifying Themes In Complex Systems Volume 1 Proceedings Of The First International Conference On Complex Systems

Unifying Themes In Complex Systems Volume 1 Proceedings Of The First International Conference On Complex Systems

The study of complex systems has attracted a broad range of researchers from many disciplines spanning both the hard and soft sciences. In the Autumn of 1997 300 of these researchers came together for the First International Conference on Complex Systems. The proceedings of this conference is the first book in the New England Complex Systems Institute Series on Complexity and includes more than 100 presentations and papers on topics like evolution emergence complexity self-organization scaling informatics time series emergence of mind and engineering of complex systems. | Unifying Themes In Complex Systems Volume 1 Proceedings Of The First International Conference On Complex Systems

GBP 130.00
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Extreme Sustainability Rhetoric and Sustainable Development

Extreme Sustainability Rhetoric and Sustainable Development

This book considers the nature causes and consequences of extreme pro- and anti-sustainability rhetoric exploring how and why the expressions of radical views on sustainability-related themes may prevent real sustainable development. Following a thorough introduction on sustainability rhetoric on dialogue and on the role played by ideologies in the building of environmental beliefs Fracarolli Nunes and Lee Park examine positions and statements expressed or made by individuals companies governments and NGOs in the last decades. The outcomes of these considerations lead to the classification of expressions in different categories of sustainability rhetoric laying the groundwork for the development of a ‘sustainability spectrum’: a metric for the level of radicalization of sustainability positions which ranges from apocalyptic views to ultimate denial. Through the combination of historical perspectives theoretical frameworks and conceptual developments this book provides a foundation for a more informed and productive dialogue between radically opposing views on sustainability issues. This volume will be of great interest to students scholars and practitioners researching and working in the areas of environmental communication and media environmental politics and sustainable development. | Extreme Sustainability Rhetoric and Sustainable Development

GBP 130.00
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The Cultural Theorist's Book of Quotations

The Cultural Theorist's Book of Quotations

Where did you see it that perfect quotation from Foucault or Kristeva to use in your upcoming keynote address? Stop the search and pick up Arthur Berger‘s handy book of over 300 concise quotations from the vast literature in cultural theory. This compilation will give you just the right snappy quote to help prepare that lecture write that paper fill that Power Point or drop a few bon mots at a university reception. Organized by theoretical model (semiotic Marxist psychoanalytic gender postmodernist) Berger pulls together the most succinct meaningful passages of the key theorists of our time for those wanting to distill cultural theory to its essence. | The Cultural Theorist's Book of Quotations

GBP 175.00
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Character and Conflict in Jane Austen's Novels A Psychological Approach

Character and Conflict in Jane Austen's Novels A Psychological Approach

In Character and Conflict in Jane Austen's Novels Bernard J. Paris offers an analysis of the protagonists in four of Jane Austen's most popular novels. His analysis reveals them to be brilliant mimetic creations who often break free of the formal and thematic limitations placed upon them by Austen. Paris traces the powerful tensions between form theme and mimesis in Mansfield Park Emma Pride and Prejudice and Persuasion. Paris uses Northrop Frye's theory of comic forms to analyze and describe the formal structure of the novels and Karen Horney's psychological theories to explore the personalities and inner conflicts of the main characters. The concluding chapter turns from the characters to their creator employing the Horneyan categories of self-effacing detached and expansive personality types to interpret Jane Austen's own personality. Readers of Jane Austen will find much that is new and challenging in this study. It is one of the few books to recognize and pay tribute to Jane Austen's genius in characterization. Anyone who reads this book will come away with a new understanding of Austen's heroines as imagined human beings and also with a deeper feeling for the troubled humanity of the author herself. | Character and Conflict in Jane Austen's Novels A Psychological Approach

GBP 130.00
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Geometry and Its Applications

Geometry and Its Applications

This unique textbook combines traditional geometry presents a contemporary approach that is grounded in real-world applications. It balances the deductive approach with discovery learning introduces axiomatic Euclidean and non-Euclidean and transformational geometry. The text integrates applications and examples throughout. The Third Edition offers many updates including expaning on historical notes Geometry and Its Applications is a significant text for any college or university that focuses on geometry's usefulness in other disciplines. It is especially appropriate for engineering and science majors as well as future mathematics teachers. The Third Edition streamlines the treatment from the previous two editions Treatment of axiomatic geometry has been expanded Nearly 300 applications from all fields are included An emphasis on computer science-related applications appeals to student interest Many new excercises keep the presentation fresh

GBP 105.00
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Minimal Brain Dysfunction A Prospective Study

Minimal Brain Dysfunction A Prospective Study

The concept of Minimal Brain Dysfunction (a previous term for ADHD) has had a tumultuous and some would say checkered history. Originally published in 1981 this title was one of a series of volumes dealing with specific developmental problems in children whose mothers registered for prenatal care in the Collaborative Perinatal Project (NCPP) of the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke (NINCDS). In this volume relationships between symptoms of minimal brain dysfunction and more than 300 prenatal and postnatal variables are examined in a cohort of nearly 30 000 7-year-old children. Despite greater understanding more recently diagnosis and treatment continue to cause controversy. This is an early investigation into the concept of MBD and its causes today it can be read in its historical context. | Minimal Brain Dysfunction A Prospective Study

GBP 105.00
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Digital Compositing with Nuke

Digital Compositing with Nuke

Whether you're a novice compositor or a well-versed one moving over from After Effects or Shake this is THE book for you to learn the ins and outs of the powerful compositing software Nuke. In addition to covering all of the menus buttons and other software-specific topics it also offers critical lessons in compositing theory including working in 2. 5D and stereoscopic 3D. Through a tutorial-based approach augmented by video footage and image files provided on the downloadable resources this book will have you up and running in Nuke in just hours. The book features over 300 4-color images industry insider sidebars as well as an entire chapter dedicated to real-world Nuke case studies. The downloadable resources files are available at http://www. focalpress. com/books/details/9780240820354/. | Digital Compositing with Nuke

GBP 160.00
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The Visual Effects Arsenal VFX Solutions for the Independent Filmmaker

The Visual Effects Arsenal VFX Solutions for the Independent Filmmaker

Build your VFX arsenal with quick-access step-by-step instruction on how to create today's hottest digital VFX shots. This essential toolkit provides techniques for creating effects seen in movies such as 300 Spiderman 3 Predator and others with lessons on how-to:* splatter blood or digitally lop someone's arm off* create a scene with actors running from an explosion* create the twin effect (same actor same location 2 performances)* produce space-ship dog fightsOrganized in a 'cookbook' style this allows you to reference a certain effect in the index and immediately access concise instructions to create that effect. Techniques are demonstrated in each of the most popular software tools- After Effects Final Cut Studio Photoshop and Combustion are all covered. Brilliant 4-color presentation provides inspiration and stimulating visual guidance to the lessons presented while the downloadable resources contain project media files enabling you to put concepts learned into immediate practice. | The Visual Effects Arsenal VFX Solutions for the Independent Filmmaker

GBP 140.00
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World Music: A Global Journey

World Music: A Global Journey

World Music: A Global Journey Fifth Edition explores the diversity of musical expression around the world taking students across the globe to experience cultural traditions that challenge the ear the mind and the spirit. It surveys world music within a systematic study of the world’s major cultures supported by a strong pedagogical framework. Providing historical and cultural overviews of the world’s seven continents and fortified by in-depth studies of varied musical traditions World Music: A Global Journey is known for its student-friendly approach and lively visits to “sites” that host musics of the world. The robust companion website with audio is ideal for online coursework. FEATURES Easy-to-follow proven chapter structure organized by geographic region Listening Guides detailed maps and hundreds of colorful photos with more than two dozen new images Coverage of an eclectic blend of world musics including both popular and traditional music New “Inside Look” entries spotlight distinguished ethnomusicologists and musicians such as Patricia Shehan-Campbell Oleg Kruglyakov Chan E. Park Vivek Virani and Mia Gormandy New “Musical Markers” feature that summarizes key musical elements of each audio example New site visiting Georgia a new “Explore More” feature focused on Slovenian Polka a new track for North Indian Raga with sitar and much more New streamed music delivery! Hosted on the book’s dedicated website Audiobook—extra value! Presented by chapter on the book website Used in classrooms around the globe World Music: A Global Journey Fifth Edition is an internationally acclaimed and best-selling fundamental resource for students and instructors to begin their exploration of world music and culture. www. routledge. com/cw/miller

GBP 89.99
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Low Power Circuit Design Using Advanced CMOS Technology

Low Power Circuit Design Using Advanced CMOS Technology

Low Power Circuit Design Using Advanced CMOS Technology is a summary of lectures from the first Advanced CMOS Technology Summer School (ACTS) 2017. The slides are selected from the handouts while the text was edited according to the lecturers talk. ACTS is a joint activity supported by the IEEE Circuit and System Society (CASS) and the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society (SSCS). The goal of the school is to provide society members as well researchers and engineers from industry the opportunity to learn about new emerging areas from leading experts in the field. ACTS is an example of high-level continuous education for junior engineers teachers in academe and students. ACTS was the results of a successful collaboration between societies the local chapter leaders and industry leaders. This summer school was the brainchild of Dr. Zhihua Wang with strong support from volunteers from both the IEEE SSCS and CASS. In addition the local companies Synopsys China and Beijing IC Park provided support. This first ACTS was held in the summer 2017 in Beijing. The lectures were given by academic researchers and industry experts who presented each 6-hour long lectures on topics covering process technology EDA skill and circuit and layout design skills. The school was hosted and organized by the CASS Beijing Chapter SSCS Beijing Chapter and SSCS Tsinghua Student Chapter. The co-chairs of the first ACTS were Dr. Milin Zhang Dr. Hanjun Jiang and Dr. Liyuan Liu. The first ACTS was a great success as illustrated by the many participants from all over China as well as by the publicity it has been received in various media outlets including Xinhua News one of the most popular news channels in China.

GBP 94.99
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Cognitive Narrative Thematics A Book About What Books Are About

Cognitive Narrative Thematics A Book About What Books Are About

Cognitive Narratives Thematics proposes a new way in which narrative works organise their thematic material. It rehabilitates the study of what books are about by providing a cognitive narrative thematic model (CNT). Part I presents CNT by combining different approaches to narrative such as evolutionary theory semiotics possible worlds theory or rhetorical criticism. Part II applies CNT to a variety of well-known narratives in different modalities such as Robert Browning’s My Last Duchess Julia Donaldson’s The Gruffalo Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are Frank Miller’s 300 or Mike Mignola’s Hellboy. It also considers literary histories and digital humanities. Daniel Candel shows that CNT deserves greater attention and that thematics generates its own forms and adds to the aesthetic pleasure of the text. Candel illustrates that CNT improves the established interpretations of the narrative works it studies. This innovative study reveals how CNT offers readers a deeper understanding and how readers and critics are often using CNT intuitively without being aware of it. It is an invaluable resource for students and scholars of narrative theory. | Cognitive Narrative Thematics A Book About What Books Are About

GBP 130.00
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Asphyxiation Suffocation and Neck Pressure Deaths

Asphyxiation Suffocation and Neck Pressure Deaths

Combining theory and practice this book is a comprehensive analysis of suffocation asphyxiation and neck pressure deaths. It includes important developments in the field such as lung histomorphology in fatal strangulation systematic dissection of the larynx biochemical findings and postmortem imaging. Significant challenges arise in accurately diagnosing these deaths when compared to other forms of external violence. International experts explain the pitfalls and subtleties of identifying such cases making this an important resource for readers involved in such investigations. Tables statistics scientific and historical evidence throughout further validate the value of this book. Provides a comprehensive introduction to every major topic of asphyxia and neck pressure death Features more than 300 figures to aid understanding and facilitate accurate diagnosis of these death types Includes the important topic of postmortem radiology findings Navigates the reader through the potential pitfalls and misdiagnoses of asphyxia and neck pressure deaths with expert guidance About the Editor Professor Burkhard Madea MD Director Instiute of Forensic Medicine University of Bonn Germany is a world-renowned forensic pathologist and the author of more than a dozen books and 600 papers. | Asphyxiation Suffocation and Neck Pressure Deaths

GBP 150.00
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Implicit and Explicit Language Attitudes Mapping Linguistic Prejudice and Attitude Change in England

Implicit and Explicit Language Attitudes Mapping Linguistic Prejudice and Attitude Change in England

This timely volume constitutes the first book-length account of implicit as well as explicit language attitudes. It details the findings of a large-scale study incorporating cutting-edge implicit and self-report instruments adapted from social psychology investigating the evaluations of over 300 English nationals of the status and social attractiveness of Northern English and Southern English speech in England. The book is unique in its examination of implicit-explicit attitude divergence across a range of social factors to identify the direction of language attitude change in progress and the particular social groups leading attitude change. The volume provides a comprehensive understanding of language-based prejudice in England and the study paves the way for researchers to employ newly developed implicit and explicit measures to investigate language attitudes and language attitude change in a range of contexts. This book is invaluable for researchers in sociolinguistics and applied linguists interested in theoretical and methodological aspects of linguistic prejudice and language variation and change. It is also essential reading for social psychologists with an interest in attitudes attitude change and prejudice. | Implicit and Explicit Language Attitudes Mapping Linguistic Prejudice and Attitude Change in England

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Human Extinction A History of the Science and Ethics of Annihilation

Human Extinction A History of the Science and Ethics of Annihilation

This volume traces the origins and evolution of the idea of human extinction from the ancient Presocratics through contemporary work on existential risks. Many leading intellectuals agree that the risk of human extinction this century may be higher than at any point in our 300 000-year history as a species. This book provides insight on the key questions that inform this discussion including when humans began to worry about their own extinction and how the debate has changed over time. It establishes a new theoretical foundation for thinking about the ethics of our extinction arguing that extinction would be very bad under most circumstances although the outcome might be on balance good. Throughout the book graphs tables and images further illustrate how human choices and attitudes about extinction have evolved in Western history. In its thorough examination of humanity’s past this book also provides a starting point for understanding our future. Although accessible enough to be read by undergraduates Human Extinction contains new and thought-provoking research that will benefit even established academic philosophers and historians. | Human Extinction A History of the Science and Ethics of Annihilation

GBP 130.00
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Engineering Maintenance A Modern Approach

Engineering Maintenance A Modern Approach

Of the more than $300 billion spent on plant maintenance and operations U. S. industry spends as much as 80 percent of this amount to correct chronic failures of machines systems and people. With machines and systems becoming increasingly complex this problem can only worsen and there is a clear and pressing need to establish comprehensive equipment management programs that incorporate the diverse considerations that are essential to effective maintenance. Engineering Maintenance: A Modern Approach presents a cradle-to-grave strategy to preserve equipment function avoid the consequences of failures and ensure the productive capacity of equipment. Moving well beyond traditional approaches this strategy incorporates quality and safety human error and software maintenance considerations along with costing reliability and maintainability. From specialized books and technical articles the author has gathered and integrated the latest advances in engineering maintenance into practical step-by-step plans designed to optimize maintenance activities extend equipment life and minimize failures. The elimination of chronic failures through effective maintenance can reduce maintenance costs by 40 to 60 percent. Engineering Maintenance: A Modern Approach not only collects recent advances into a single volume but also directs you on a path that can lead to a more successful cost-effective maintenance program. | Engineering Maintenance A Modern Approach

GBP 160.00
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Power-Flow Modelling of HVDC Transmission Systems

Power-Flow Modelling of HVDC Transmission Systems

This book deals exclusively with the power-flow modelling of HVDC transmission systems. Different types of HVDC transmission systems their configurations/connections and control techniques are covered in detail. Power-Flow modelling of both LCC- and VSC-based HVDC systems is covered in this book. Both the unified and the sequential power-flow methods are addressed. DC grid power-flow controllers and renewable energy resources like offshore wind farms (OWFs) are also incorporated into the power-flow models of VSC-HVDC systems. The effects of the different power-flow methods and HVDC control strategies on the power-flow convergence are detailed along with their implementation. Features: Introduces the power-flow concept and develops the power-flow models of integrated AC/DC systems. Different types of converter control are modelled into the integrated AC/DC power-flow models developed. Both unified and the sequential power-flow methods are addressed. DC grid power-flow controllers like the IDCPFC and renewable energy resources like offshore wind farms (OWFs) are introduced and subsequently modelled into the power-flow algorithms. Integrated AC/DC power-flow models developed are validated by implementation in the IEEE 300-bus and European 1354-bus test networks incorporating different HVDC grids. This book aims at researchers and graduate students in Electrical Engineering Power Systems and HVDC Transmission.

GBP 140.00
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Roman Masculinity and Politics from Republic to Empire

Roman Masculinity and Politics from Republic to Empire

This volume explores the role that republican political participation played in forging elite Roman masculinity. It situates familiarly manly traits like militarism aggressive sexuality and the pursuit of power within a political system based on power sharing and cooperation. In deliberations in the Senate at social gatherings and on military campaign displays of consensus with other men greased the wheels of social discourse and built elite comradery. Through literary sources and inscriptions that offer censorious or affirmative appraisal of male behavior from the Middle and Late Republic (ca. 300–31 BCE) to the Principate or Early Empire (ca. 100 CE) this book shows how the vir bonus or good man the Roman persona of male aristocratic excellence modulated imperatives for personal distinction and military and sexual violence with political cooperation and moral exemplarity. While the advent of one-man rule in the Empire transformed political power relations ideals forged in the Republic adapted to the new climate and provided a coherent model of masculinity for emperor and senator alike. Scholars often paint a picture of Republic and Principate as distinct landscapes but enduring ideals of male self-fashioning constitute an important continuity. Roman Masculinity and Politics from Republic to Empire provides a fascinating insight into the intertwined nature of masculinity and political power for anyone interested in Roman political and social history and those working on gender in the ancient world more broadly.

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